House price boom fuels rate rise fears
House prices continued to rise sharply in June, leading surveys will show this week.
Statistics from Halifax Bank of Scotland and Nationwide Building Society will add t...
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Brown: I'll back Bank over rates
The chancellor, Gordon Brown, today said he would support the Bank of England should it decide to raise interest rates to dampen inflationary pressures in the rest of the...
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Lenders urge Bank to raise rates
Mortgage lenders yesterday urged the Bank of England to raise interest rates in a pre-emptive strike on Britain's overheating housing market to prevent the boom turning i...
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Stars take Equity rates in Dylan film
A host of Hollywood stars are to take a pay cut to appear in Bob Dylan's new film Masked and Anonymous.
Penelope Cruz, Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Joh...
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Bank warns of interest rate rise
The Bank of England warned yesterday that a rise in interest rates was looming after it expressed concern about the impact on inflation of rising house prices, strong con...
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Bank of England hints at rate hike
The Bank of England governor, Sir Edward George, today hinted at imminent action on interest rates when he warned that the bank would have "no option" but to raise rates...
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ECB puts rate rise on hold
Frankfurt policymakers left eurozone interest rates on hold yesterday but signalled that they are poised to raise them in the months ahead as the economic recovery takes ...
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Bank keeps interest rates on hold
Homeowners and industry leaders breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when the Bank of England froze interest rates for the seventh consecutive month.
The Bank's monetary...
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Industry warns Bank against rate rise
British industry yesterday fired a warning shot across the bows of the Bank of England, calling for it to leave interest rates on hold today, or risk damaging the fragile...
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Cancer survival rates disputed
Britain's biggest cancer charity advised caution yesterday over suggestions that long-term survival rates for lung cancer patients were showing sharp improvements.
Doct...
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